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A Multi-arm Phase I Trial of Hepatic Arterial Infusion of Irinotecan With 1) Systemic Bevacizumab 2) Systemic Bevacizumab and Oxaliplatin 3) Systemic Bevacizumab and Cetuximab in Patients With Advanced Cancers Metastatic to the Liver


Phase 1
N/A
N/A
Open (Enrolling)
Both
Liver Cancer, Advanced Cancer

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Trial Information

A Multi-arm Phase I Trial of Hepatic Arterial Infusion of Irinotecan With 1) Systemic Bevacizumab 2) Systemic Bevacizumab and Oxaliplatin 3) Systemic Bevacizumab and Cetuximab in Patients With Advanced Cancers Metastatic to the Liver


The Study Drugs:

Irinotecan is designed to stop cancer cells from making new DNA (the genetic material of
cells). This may cause cancer cells to die.

Bevacizumab is designed to prevent or slow down the growth of cancer cells by blocking the
growth of blood vessels that supply nutrients necessary for tumor growth.

Oxaliplatin is designed to block new cancer cells from growing.

Cetuximab is designed to prevent or slow down the growth of cancer cells by blocking
proteins inside cancer cells.

Study Arms and Dose Levels:

If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, your doctor will assign you to a
study arm. Your study arm will depend on the type of cancer, your KRAS test result (if
applicable), and the drugs you have taken in the past.

- If you are in Arm A, you will receive irinotecan and bevacizumab.

- If you are in Arm B, you will receive irinotecan, bevacizumab, and oxaliplatin.

- If you are in Arm C, you will receive irinotecan, bevacizumab, and cetuximab.

The dose that you receive will depend on when you are enrolled in this study and the safety
data that is available at that time. The first set of 3-6 participants to join each study
arm will receive the lowest dose of the drug combination. The next set of 3-6 participants
will receive a higher dose of the drug combination. Each new set of participants will
receive a higher dose than the group before it, if no intolerable side effects were seen.
This will continue until the highest tolerable dose of the drug combinations is found.

Once the highest tolerable dose is found for each arm, 14 participants with the tumor type
that has responded well to a particular study drug combination will receive the study drugs
at that dose level. These participants will be in the "expansion" arms.

Catheter Placement:

You will be hospitalized to receive the study drug combination. The morning after you enter
the hospital, you will have a catheter placed in your right groin area. A catheter is a
sterile flexible tube. It will be placed into a large artery (the blood vessel that carries
blood to your liver) while the area is numbed with local anesthetic. Your doctor will
explain this procedure to you in more detail, and you will be asked to sign a separate
consent form for it.

After you return to your room, you will receive irinotecan as described below.

Study "cycles" will be repeated every 28 days. The catheter will be placed and removed
during each cycle. Each time, you will lie in bed for the entire time that the catheter is
in place. While the catheter is being removed, the study staff will apply pressure to your
groin area for 15 minutes to stop the bleeding.

Study Drug Administration:

Irinotecan will be given through the catheter into your liver artery, continuously for
48hours (Days 1 through 2 of each cycle). Before every irinotecan dose, you will also
receive drugs by vein to lower the risk of nausea, if your doctor thinks this is needed for
routine care.

Bevacizumab will be given by vein once every 2 weeks. The first time you receive
bevacizumab, it will be given over 90 minutes. If you tolerate it well, all other
bevacizumab doses will be given over 30-60 minutes.

Oxaliplatin, if you receive it, will be given by vein over 2 hours once every 2 weeks.
Before every oxaliplatin dose, you will also receive drugs by vein to lower the risk of
nausea, if your doctor thinks this is needed for routine care.

Cetuximab, if you receive it, will be given by vein once every 2 weeks. The first time you
receive cetuximab, it will be given over 2 hours. All other cetuximab doses will be given
over 1 hour.

If you do not tolerate the study drug combination well, the doses that you receive may be
lowered. If you experience certain side effects, your study drug doses may be delayed and
the study cycle may be longer than 28 days.

You will be given standard drugs (heparin and diphenhydramine) to help decrease the risk of
side effects. You may ask the study staff for information about how the drugs are given and
their risks.

Study Visits:

You will be in the hospital for about 5-7 days at the beginning of every cycle, until you
recover from side effects that may occur. You will be seen by a doctor or "advanced
practice" nurse every day while you are in the hospital.

At the beginning of each cycle and then once a week during each cycle, blood (about 1
tablespoon) will be drawn for routine tests. At the beginning of each cycle and then once
every 4 weeks (or earlier if needed), you will have a physical exam.

You will have scans such as a chest x-ray, CT, MRI, and/or PET scan after every 2 cycles (8
weeks) or earlier if the study doctor thinks it is in your best interest, or the cancer gets
worse. These scans are to check the status of the disease. If the study doctor thinks it
is more appropriate for you, other types of scans may need to be performed. The study
doctor will discuss these scans with you, and you may be asked to sign a separate consent
form.

Additional Tests/Procedures for Some Participants:

If you experience severe diarrhea and/or low white blood cell counts while on this study,
blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn to test your DNA to find out if you may be at a
higher risk of side effects from irinotecan. If the test shows that you may have a higher
risk, then you will receive irinotecan at a lower dose level.

If you are in Arm C (which as discussed above, does not include colorectal cancer patients
with a KRAS mutation), a leftover sample of tumor tissue will be tested for the KRAS
mutation. If no leftover tumor tissue from an earlier procedure is available, and if your
KRAS status is unknown, you will have a needle biopsy of a tumor performed. The tissue will
be tested for the KRAS mutation. This procedure will be done on an appropriate tumor area
that is able to be biopsied, and it may or may not be the liver tumor. This will be the
doctor's decision.

Length of Study:

You may stay on study for as long as the disease has not gotten worse, the cancer has not
gone away completely, and you have not experienced intolerable side effects. In any of
those cases, you would be taken off study.

End-of-Study Visit:

About 28 days after your last dose of study drugs, you will have an end-of-study visit. At
this visit, the following tests and procedures may be performed:

- You will have a physical exam, including measurement of your vital signs.

- Your performance status will be recorded.

- Blood (about 2 teaspoons) will be drawn for routine tests.

- If the doctor thinks it is needed, you will have an x-ray, CT scan, PET scan, or MRI
scan to check the status of the disease.

This is an investigational study. It is investigational to give irinotecan into a liver
artery. The study drug combinations and dose levels are also investigational.

The study drugs are commercially available and FDA approved to treat the following:

- Irinotecan by vein -- colorectal cancer that is metastatic (has spread).

- Bevacizumab -- metastatic colorectal cancer, breast cancer, non small-cell lung cancer,
and a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme.

- Cetuximab -- colorectal cancer, and head and neck cancer.

- Oxaliplatin -- colorectal cancer.

Up to 140 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.


Inclusion Criteria:



1. Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic advanced cancers with liver
involvement.

2. Patients should be refractory to standard therapy, relapsed after standard therapy,
or have no standard therapy that improves survival by at least three months, unless
the drugs included in the regimen are part of their standard treatment.

3. Irinotecan will be dosed regardless of creatinine clearance. For oxaliplatin, serum
creatinine /= 40 is
required.

4. Hepatic function: T. Bilirubin
5. Adequate bone marrow function (ANC >/=1000 cells/uL; platelet (PLT) >/= 100,000
cells/uL).

6. Patients must have been off previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy for the three weeks
prior to entering this study. Six weeks will be required if the patient has received
therapy which is known to have delayed toxicity (mitomycin or a nitrosurea). Five
half-lives will be required for biologic/targeted therapies with short (<24 hour)
half-lives and pharmacodynamic effects. Patients may have received palliative
radiation immediately before (or during) treatment provided radiation is not to the
only target lesion available.

7. All females in childbearing age MUST have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test
unless prior hysterectomy or menopause (defined as age above 55 and six months
without menstrual activity). Patients should not become pregnant or breast feed while
on this study. Sexually active patients should use effective birth control.

8. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status
Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant females.

2. Patients with colorectal cancer and K-RAS mutation will be excluded from the
cetuximab arm.

3. History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess
within 28 days.

4. Invasive procedures defined as follows: a. Major surgical procedure within 28 days
prior to Day 1 therapy. b. Anticipation of need for major surgical procedures during
the course of the study.

5. Patients receiving any other investigational agents.

6. Patients with bleeding diathesis (clinical bleeding, prothrombin time >/= 1.5 X upper
institutional normal value, international normalized ratio (INR) >/=1.5, activated
partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) >/= 1.5 X upper institutional normal value, NOT
due to anticoagulation therapy), active gastric or duodenal ulcer.

7. Patients with history of bleeding central nervous system (CNS) metastasis will be
excluded from the trial.

8. Hypersensitivity to any of the drugs in a particular treatment arm.

9. Inability to complete informed consent process and adhere to protocol treatment plan
and follow up requirements.

10. History of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

11. Uncontrolled systemic vascular hypertension (Systolic blood pressure > 140 mmHg,
diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg on medication).

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Outcome Measure:

Maximum Tolerated Doses (MTDs)

Outcome Time Frame:

Evaulated with each 28 day cycle

Safety Issue:

Yes

Principal Investigator

Apostolia M. Tsimberidou, MD, PhD

Investigator Role:

Study Chair

Investigator Affiliation:

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Authority:

United States: Institutional Review Board

Study ID:

2009-0410

NCT ID:

NCT00980239

Start Date:

September 2009

Completion Date:

Related Keywords:

  • Liver Cancer
  • Advanced Cancer
  • Solid Tumors
  • Liver
  • hepatic arterial infusion
  • HAI
  • Bevacizumab
  • Avastin
  • Cetuximab
  • Erbitux
  • Irinotecan
  • Camptosar
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Eloxatin
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms

Name

Location

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas  77030